Office building, CH-Zurich

Within the existing basic structure, a workspace concept aligned with the company’s philosophy is to be implemented. In addition to several hundred workstations, the project will include restaurants, bars, conference rooms, fitness facilities, and much more. Since the program is spread across 16 floors, zoning and wayfinding within the floor plans are key considerations in the design.

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Based on the usage and circulation needs within the spaces, the shared value-added programs are organized in the connecting base floors, while the office spaces are located on the standard floors of the towers.

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Under the motto “think global — act local,” the corporate culture is interwoven with the heraldry of Swiss cantonal coats of arms and colors. In keeping with the cantonal colors of each floor, the conference rooms are named after the cities located there. Matthäus Merian the Elder served as the inspiration for the wall motifs in these conference rooms. As a cosmopolitan of the early modern era, the Basel native had depicted all the cities and landscapes of Switzerland, Germany, the Benelux countries, and many others, publishing his work in book form.

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The images’ identities give the meeting rooms their names and atmospheres. This, in turn, alludes to the users who develop software for location-based services: just as Merian’s cityscapes enabled a visual journey through Switzerland and Europe at the dawn of the modern era, today’s internet applications facilitate a visual journey to distant places. At the same time, this sparks the interest of incoming and outgoing meeting participants, who are often from around the world. The resulting division into distinct, physically defined zones aids in orientation and establishes a hierarchy: circulation areas in silver, meeting areas in wood, and offices and break rooms in the respective cantonal colors.

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Info

  • Development: 2019 – 2020
  • Client: n.n.
  • Floor Area: 13’000 m²

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